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Murray starts Qatar Open defence win first round win

Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Andy Murray's bid to retain the Qatar Open title got off to a solid start as he beat Spain's Albert Montanes in the first round in Doha.

The Scot took the match 6-2, 6-4 to set up a meeting with German Philipp Petzschner in the next round.

Murray beat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to clinch the World Tennis Championship title in Abu Dhabi last week.

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